Directory of Irish Football Clubs and Soccer Teams

Soccer-Ireland.com is an Irish football club directory site launched this year. This site contains football club information including pitch directions, detailed maps, football club official contact details, and you can even check out the weather for match days. The primary aim of the site is to serve the information needs of the Irish soccer community including footballers, club officials, referees, and football supporters of soccer clubs at all levels. At present most of the clubs listed are Dublin football teams however we will list soccer clubs from all 32 counties in Ireland. The site also contains a directory of Irish soccer leagues and organisations including the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and soccer referee information. A recent addition is a section that lists all Irish international soccer results and Irish qualification campaigns from the very first Irish Free State match in 1924. Finally there is also a growing section dedicated to great Irish soccer players and Irish soccer managers.

World Cup 2010 Qualifying Group 8
Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Italy	6	4	2	0	9	3	14
Ireland	7	3	4	0	8	5	13
Bulgaria	6	1	5	0	6	4	8
Cyprus	6	1	2	3	6	9	5
Montenegro	6	0	4	2	5	8	4
Georgia	7	0	3	4	4	9	3

SPECIAL NOTICE

Tyrrelstown Football Club is looking for new managers and is hosting an exciting 6-a-side summer tournament in July. For more details visit
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Irish Soccer Clubs Listed by County

Football clubs listed by the 32 counties of Ireland are linked in the table below. At the moment most of the soccer teams listed are based in the Dublin area however over time clubs from every county in Ireland will be listed in the Soccer Ireland football directory. In addition to clubs we also include the soccer leagues that administer and run Association Football on the island of Ireland. A directory of these football leagues is linked below also.

Irish Football Clubs by County
Antrim Football	County Down Football	Leitrim Football	Roscommon Football
Armagh Football	Dublin Football	Limerick Football	Sligo Football
Carlow Football	Fermanagh Football	Longford Football	Tipperary Football
Cavan Football	Galway Football	Louth Football	Tyrone Football
Clare Football	Kerry Football	Mayo Football	Waterford Football
Co. Cork Football	Kildare Football	Meath Football	Westmeath Football
Derry Football	Kilkenny Football	Monaghan Football	Wexford Football
Donegal Football	Laois Football	Offaly Football	Wicklow Football
Irish Soccer Club Website Directory

If a link is not active it means there are no soccer clubs for that county listed yet. Why not be the first football club from your county to list with the Soccer Ireland directory?

Irish Soccer Statistics

Number of Internationals played by Ireland to date	451
Number of matches won by Ireland	178 (39.5%)
Number of matches lost by Ireland	154 (34.1%)
Number of matches drawn by Ireland	119 (26.4%)
Goals scored by Ireland	630
Goals conceded by Ireland	579
Biggest victory by Ireland (16 Nov 1983 : Malta - Dalymount Park)	8-0
Biggest loss by Ireland (27 May 1982 : Brazil - Umberlandia)	0-7
Highest score draw involving Ireland (25 Feb 1934 : Belgium - Dalymount Park)	4-4
Team played most often by Ireland - Spain	24
Team played most often by Ireland in competitive matches - Spain	14
Team played most often by Ireland in friendly matches - Poland	21

Most Capped Irish Soccer Player				Top Irish Goal Scorer
Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Player	Caps	Goals
Steve Staunton	1988 - 2002	7	102	Robbie Keane	90	39
Kevin Kilbane	1997 - present	7	96	Niall Quinn	91	21
Shay Given	1996 - present	0	96	Frank Stapleton	71	20
Niall Quinn	1986 - 2002	21	91	Don Givens	56	19
Robbie Keane Tony Cascarino	1998 - present 1986 - 2000	39 19	90 88	Tony Cascarino	88	19
Paul McGrath	1985 - 1997	8	83	John Aldridge	69	19
Packie Bonner	1981 - 1996	0	80	Noel Cantwell	36	14
Damien Duff Ray Houghton	1998 - present 1986 - 1998	7 6	74 73	Gerry Daly	48	13
Kenny Cunningham Liam Brady	1996 - 2005 1975 - 1990	0 9	72 72	Jimmy Dunne Ian Harte	15 64	13 11

Dublin Soccer Clubs

Because there are so many football clubs in Dublin we have listed them alphabetically and by area. To find out if your favourite Dublin soccer club is listed please choose one of the links below.

Alphabetical List
Dublin Soccer Clubs

Dublin Soccer Clubs
Area Listings

There is also a section with links to a large number of Dublin soccer club websites.

Irish Soccer Leagues

There is an expanding section on the various football leagues that organise and administer soccer throughout Ireland. At present the following leagues are included in our directory.

Irish Soccer Leagues

AFL	AUL	DDSL
Munster	NDSL	SDFL
Wexford Football League

Republic of Ireland International Qualifying Campaigns

Ireland has only qualified for the final stages of major soccer tournaments on just four occasions. The Euro 1988 Finals in Germany, the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the 1994 World Cup in USA, and the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Over the decades there have been many near misses and hard luck stories for the Irish. Here are the details of all of the Irish soccer qualifying campaigns and Ireland's 2010 World Cup Group.

Irish Soccer Greats

We are also gradually building a section on great Irish soccer players that have represented the Republic of Ireland International and Northern Ireland football teams.

Great Irish Soccer Players

Liam Brady	Damien Duff	Johnny Giles
Roy Keane	Paul McGrath	Niall Quinn
George Best

Women's Soccer in Ireland

Women's soccer in Ireland, along with the rest of the World, is growing rapidly. Across the globe it is estimated that the genders are rapidly approaching parity in terms of numbers playing the game. In Ireland this has been recognised by the FAI and the Women's Football Association of Ireland is being fully integrated at all levels into the main governing body. Learn more about Women's Soccer in Ireland.

Futsal in Ireland

Futsal is a form of indoor soccer that began in South America in the 1930's and is now played in many countries across the World. In recognition of this FIFA and UEFA have established international competitions to reflect this. The FAI has launched a strategic plan to foster Futsal as a complementary form of football within the overall game of soccer in Ireland. Read more about Futsal in Ireland.

Irish Football Grounds

The Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company (LRSDC) - a joint venture between the FAI and the IRFU - is currently overseeing the completion of the first soccer stadium in Ireland to meet the criteria for a UEFA Elite Stadium. The Aviva Stadium is being built upon the site of the original Lansdowne Road football ground and is due for completion by April 2010.